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15.571 Generating Business Value from Information Technology (MIT)

Weill, Peter — 2008-08-07T01:15:39-04:00

Changing the basis of competition, e-Business means doing business electronically by bringing together buyers and sellers. The growth of e-business moves businesses from the place to the space. The familiar components of the place: cash, checks, paper reports and documents, store fronts, and face to face meetings remain important, but less so. In addition, growing in importance is the space where information in all its forms becomes digital and the cost of replicating and distributing this information approaches zero. The business models for e-business are emerging, being simultaneously developed and market tested by firms who are doing business electronically. Subject focuses on how to understand the viable e-business models for existing businesses. The challenges facing existing, traditional, and successful firms that must operate in both place and space are addressed in detail. Restricted to graduate students.

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15.988 System Dynamics Self Study (MIT)

Forrester, Jay — 2008-07-30T10:20:31-04:00

Opportunity for group study by students through distance learning on current topics related to management.

15.220 Global Strategy and Organization (MIT)

Lessard, Donald — 2008-07-30T10:15:34-04:00

Companies today confront an increasing array of choices regarding markets, locations for key activities, outsourcing and ownership modes, and organization and processes for managing across borders. This course provides students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand and work effectively in today’s interconnected world by developing strategic perspectives that link this changing environment, the state of the global industry, and the capabilities and position of the firm. The goal of this subject is to provide the foundations for taking effective action in the multi-layered world of international business. The first section of the course provides frameworks for identifying and taking advantage of the opportunities presented in a dynamic global environment at the level of the country and industry. The second section of the course focuses on firm-level strategic choices regarding where to engage in which activities. The third section focuses on the challenges of integrating the multiple perspectives, functions, and interests that constitute the multinational firm.

15.963 Management Accounting and Control (MIT)

Khan, Mozaffar — 2008-07-17T12:27:24-04:00

This course is an introduction to the use of accounting information by managers for decision making, performance evaluation and control. The course should be useful for those who intend to work as management consultants, for LFM (Leaders for Manufacturing) students, and in general, for those who will become senior managers.

15.060 Data, Models, and Decisions (MIT)

Freund, Robert — 2008-07-16T01:22:20-04:00

This course is designed to introduce first-year Sloan students to the fundamental techniques of using data to make informed management decisions. In particular, we will focus on various ways of modeling, or thinking structurally about, decision problems in order to enhance decision-making skills.

15.223 Global Markets, National Policies, and the Competitive Advantages of Firms (MIT)

Locke, Richard — 2008-03-28T01:13:02-04:00

The world is changing in two fundamental ways. First, the development of a truly global market in products, services, capital and even certain types of labor is changing the basic terms of competition for an array of different firms and industries. Second, the rules and institutions governing the new international economic order are still in flux. National regulations are no longer adequate yet international accords over trade, intellectual property, labor standards and a host of other issues are fiercely and frequently contested by competing interests. The final results of these debates will determine who wins and who loses in the new global economy. Understanding the interaction between environment and business around the world is key to understanding both the possibilities for and constraints on either managing an existing or starting a new business in today’s fast-changing economy.